Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Leroy Comrie

Council Passes Hit-and-Run Bill; Greenfield Tables Speed Limit Legislation

By Brad Aaron | Dec 20, 2013 | 8 Comments

The City Council yesterday passed legislation requiring NYPD to post regular reports on the most serious hit-and-run crashes, while a bill to lower speed limits on certain streets has been set aside until next year. The hit-and-run bill would mandate that NYPD report in writing quarterly on the total number of “critical injury” hit-and-run crashes, […]

Council Transpo Committee Passes NYPD Hit-and-Run Transparency Bill

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2013 | 4 Comments

The City Council transportation committee passed a bill today that would require NYPD to issue quarterly reports on hit-and-run crashes and investigations. Originally, Intro 1055 would have had NYPD report to the council every two years on hit-and-runs resulting in serious injury or death. The language of the bill was tightened after sponsor Leroy Comrie and other committee members […]

Vaccaro: NYPD Coerces Injured Hit-and-Run Victims to Not Pursue Charges

By Brad Aaron | Dec 4, 2013 | 11 Comments

The City Council transportation committee met today to gather testimony on NYPD hit-and-run crash investigations, but NYPD didn’t send anyone to the hearing. The committee also took up a bill that would codify updates to DOT’s innovative Street Design Manual. Intro 1055 would require NYPD to report to the council every two years on hit-and-run […]

Leroy Comrie Bill Would Force NYPD to Report to Council on Hit-and-Runs

By Brad Aaron | May 15, 2013 | 2 Comments

Queens City Council Member Leroy Comrie is set to introduce a bill that may have an impact on how NYPD approaches hit-and-run crashes, which kill dozens of NYC pedestrians and cyclists a year. A statement from Comrie’s office says the bill would require NYPD to report to the council annually on “hit and run incidents that […]

Leroy Comrie Weighs in on New Jamaica Bus Lanes

By Noah Kazis | May 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

With thousands of bus riders per hour traveling each direction on Archer Avenue, DOT’s proposed bus improvements for Downtown Jamaica are some of the most important street redesigns on the table right now. But previous bus improvements in this part of Queens have been politically vulnerable — a proposed Select Bus Service route along Merrick […]